Google Earth for municipalities

The power of Google Earth in your municipality

Google Earth is more than just a map. For cities and towns, it is a powerful tool and can serve as critical infrastructure for:

• Understanding flood history to prevent climate disaster and inform better investments.
• Visualising urban sprawl and transport corridors to design more sustainable, low-emission mobility networks.
• Global 20- and 40-meter elevation contours for instant topographic site planning.
• Monitoring urban heat islands and identifying priority areas for new green spaces to enhance local climate adaptation.
• Using high-resolution 3D imagery to calculate the solar energy capacity of every rooftop in your district.
• Enhanced support for KML, KMZ, SHP and GeoJSON imports to integrate your private data with Google’s digital twin.
• Using “Ask Google Earth” to turn natural language into geospatial insights in seconds (soon available in Europe).

Climate Alliance and Google: A strategic partnership

Since 2023, Climate Alliance has been an official Google partner. This unique collaboration allows us to act as a bridge between the tech giant and local governments. We help our nearly 2,000 member cities and towns navigate these complex datasets, turning raw satellite imagery into actionable policy insights.

We are currently developing local case studies to demonstrate how cities across Europe are already using Google Earth data to meet their CO₂ reduction targets and improve the quality of life for their citizens.

Interested in exploring Google Earth data for your municipality? Climate Alliance is happy to support you in researching, analysing, and evaluating these tools to ensure your climate measures are backed by the best data available.